Silhouette of a Pasque Flower
A prominent architectural photographer, as well as a writer, entomologist, and anti-fascist political activitist, Berlin artist Alice Lingner-Kerling (née Kerling) made paper cuttings throughout her career. Her expertise in the art form led the Zentralhaus für Volskunst of the GDR to commission from her a historical and technical treatise on the subject, which she published, under the title Der Scherenschnitt, in 1956. The present work, likely dating to about this time, was given by the artist to her friend Frank Erich Carl, a colleague of her husband, Reinhold Lingner, a garden and landscape architect.
Artwork Details
- Title: Silhouette of a Pasque Flower
- Artist: Alice Lingner-Kerling (German, 1903–1969)
- Date: Probably 1950s
- Medium: Cut paper coated in black adhered to off-white wove paper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (26 × 20 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Mary Martin Fund, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.435
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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